![]() | Workplace Mental Health Law: Comparative Perspectives Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Health and Social Care; Law; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Social Sciences; Health & Society; Business & Company Law; Employment Law; Environmental Health Law; Health & Safety Law; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; Medical & Healthcare Law; Business Management and Accounting; Public Health Policy and Practice; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Medicine; Sociology & Social Policy; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics; Human Resource Management; Community Health; Health Law and Ethics; Mental Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Comparative Law; Legal Aspects of Medicine; Occupational & Environmental Medicine; Occupational Health & Safety; Psychiatry; Sociology of Work & Industry; This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary study of occupational mental health legislation in seven countries. The work presents a study of the laws, policies, and legal interpretations to help prevent mental health problems from occurring in the workplace and appropriately address problems once they do occur. With a view to improving provision in Japan, the author examines the legal issues relating to workplace mental health and stress in the USA, UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Germany. In presenting a comparative discussion of mental health issues in the workplace, this book seeks to establish a minimum for legal rights and duties that contribute to prevention and not just compensation. With its detailed comparative and descriptive coverage of legal and related provisions in a range of countries, the book will be a valuable resource for academics, policy-makers and practitioners working in labour and employment law, social welfare, occupational health and human resource management. Takenori Mishiba is a member of the Labour Policy Council, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. He is also Professor, Labour Law, Faculty of Law, Kindai University, Japan. |
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